Eric Trautmann
@mercuryeric.bsky.social
Writer/graphic designer. Current project: THE FORGED (with Greg Rucka and Mike Henderson, Image Comics). Put pants on Vampirella; regrets nothing.
Wow.
YouTube recommended a fitness video in which a guy called his body a "tactical chassis" and frankly I think everyone should settle down a little bit
February 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Wow.
If I may, I would like to propose a facekickmaxxing fixation.
Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.
Looks Aren’t Everything? Clavicular Begs to Differ.
Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM
If I may, I would like to propose a facekickmaxxing fixation.
I bet we could fill an NFL stadium with people who would watch this gang of soulless fucks being tarred and feathered.
put these people under the fucking jail
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I bet we could fill an NFL stadium with people who would watch this gang of soulless fucks being tarred and feathered.
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This sucks. Bill is a good friend of mine.
Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
February 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This sucks. Bill is a good friend of mine.
AMAZING
it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
February 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
AMAZING
Jesus.
literally impeach her just for this
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Jesus.
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Watching that new show on FX/Hulu brought to you by Disney+ sponsored by Coca Cola part of the Luthorcorp family of brands
February 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Watching that new show on FX/Hulu brought to you by Disney+ sponsored by Coca Cola part of the Luthorcorp family of brands
Will NO ONE think of her poor blankie?
“…in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane, according to people familiar with the incident.”
February 13, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Will NO ONE think of her poor blankie?
Seconded.
Hey definitely call your senators about this. Like seriously.
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Seconded.
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+1, @ballsandstrikes.org will never use generative AI in our work, we promise to get upset about awful people doing bad things in a 100 percent human manner
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
+1, @ballsandstrikes.org will never use generative AI in our work, we promise to get upset about awful people doing bad things in a 100 percent human manner
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Gallup says it will stop doing presidential approval polls (after 88 years of doing it) because of "an evolution in how Gallup focuses it's public research". This is eliminating a time series that goes back to FDR.
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Gallup says it will stop doing presidential approval polls (after 88 years of doing it) because of "an evolution in how Gallup focuses it's public research". This is eliminating a time series that goes back to FDR.
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
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THE DAKOTA INCIDENT 100K CHALLENGE is a call to action to sell 100,000 of NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE: THE DAKOTA INCIDENT hitting comic book shops FEBRUARY 25TH!
I pre-ordered 50 copies of this book so I hope you will join me to get 100,000 copies sold.
So we can DEMAND an ongoing STATIC book!
I pre-ordered 50 copies of this book so I hope you will join me to get 100,000 copies sold.
So we can DEMAND an ongoing STATIC book!
February 11, 2026 at 11:49 PM
THE DAKOTA INCIDENT 100K CHALLENGE is a call to action to sell 100,000 of NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE: THE DAKOTA INCIDENT hitting comic book shops FEBRUARY 25TH!
I pre-ordered 50 copies of this book so I hope you will join me to get 100,000 copies sold.
So we can DEMAND an ongoing STATIC book!
I pre-ordered 50 copies of this book so I hope you will join me to get 100,000 copies sold.
So we can DEMAND an ongoing STATIC book!
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this is severely fucked up @jay.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app .
palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
![Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸
@Tamer_Alnoaizy
BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadn’t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was “spam” and that it was “causing harm.” What kind of logic is this?
The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us.
Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as “violations of community standards,” as if pain itself has become a crime.
What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful.
[the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.]
2:45 PM · Feb 10, 2026
https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2l6seozmjsqc4kfukjejat77/bafkreiga45xjdal6lfcqt2zmambaymeoelxafbrlt7fi2nmoahpbqj3cja@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is severely fucked up @jay.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app .
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The interesting thing about "Woke2" as a term is that it perpetuates the erasure of Black culture and intellectual discourse by continuing to coopt the word "woke" by racist reactionaries. And it also makes leftists feel smugly superior to racist reactionaries.
Anyway, happy Black History Month.
Anyway, happy Black History Month.
February 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The interesting thing about "Woke2" as a term is that it perpetuates the erasure of Black culture and intellectual discourse by continuing to coopt the word "woke" by racist reactionaries. And it also makes leftists feel smugly superior to racist reactionaries.
Anyway, happy Black History Month.
Anyway, happy Black History Month.
oh lord HARD SAME ouch
Wait, I'm... I'm older than Harlequin historical romances?
February 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
oh lord HARD SAME ouch
Just clicked on a Google doodle for the first time in months and it brought me to some fucking AI chat thing and the internet is now past saving fuck all of this aaaaargh
a person is walking on a beach with a green stick
Alt: a person is walking on a beach with a green stick
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Just clicked on a Google doodle for the first time in months and it brought me to some fucking AI chat thing and the internet is now past saving fuck all of this aaaaargh
I would rather point a blowtorch at my own face than sit for one minute in that room. You couldn't pay me enough money to get me on that panel, because there ISN'T enough money. Holy shit.
This is a ridiculous panel.
“We love Star Wars! As fans (and writers) let’s talk about how we could have made it better if someone had cared or asked”
“We love Star Wars! As fans (and writers) let’s talk about how we could have made it better if someone had cared or asked”
This is at a convention I'll be at this weekend.
I almost want to go, despite the fact that I will almost certainly argue with people who have no idea what they're talking about and it will raise my blood pressure.
I almost want to go, despite the fact that I will almost certainly argue with people who have no idea what they're talking about and it will raise my blood pressure.
February 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I would rather point a blowtorch at my own face than sit for one minute in that room. You couldn't pay me enough money to get me on that panel, because there ISN'T enough money. Holy shit.
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You've got about a week left to sink your teeth into SINK YOUR TEETH IN from @zoewithasword.bsky.social @laurenknight.bsky.social @cerealpancake.bsky.social @jpjordan.bsky.social and @longtalljodie.com I've read this one and it's a great first issue. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1 - Mature Sapphic Noir Chicago Vampires
An undead PI hunts a missing vamp, facing ancient Mob Families, corrupt cops, & a past she buried to survive. Zoe Tunnell/Lauren Knight
www.kickstarter.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
You've got about a week left to sink your teeth into SINK YOUR TEETH IN from @zoewithasword.bsky.social @laurenknight.bsky.social @cerealpancake.bsky.social @jpjordan.bsky.social and @longtalljodie.com I've read this one and it's a great first issue. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
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You have probably already had Seattle's contribution to world cuisine, and never known its origins.
Chicken Teriyaki
Created in 1976 by Chef Toshihiro Kasahara in his Queen Anne restaurant.
Chicken Teriyaki
Created in 1976 by Chef Toshihiro Kasahara in his Queen Anne restaurant.
While Buffalo wings are now a ubiquitous app all over the country, not every regional food goes national. What cuisine from YOUR region do you most want to share with the country/world?
February 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You have probably already had Seattle's contribution to world cuisine, and never known its origins.
Chicken Teriyaki
Created in 1976 by Chef Toshihiro Kasahara in his Queen Anne restaurant.
Chicken Teriyaki
Created in 1976 by Chef Toshihiro Kasahara in his Queen Anne restaurant.
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The Washington Post layoffs were a bigger bloodbath than you thought. New figures reveal 44 to 47.5 percent of the paper's newsroom was eliminated during last week's cuts.
Actually, the Washington Post Layoffs Were a Bigger Bloodbath Than You Thought - Washingtonian
The layoffs announced last week at the Washington Post were disfiguring to the esteemed news organization, with whole sections and departments—sports, books, staff photography—wiped away, and…
washingtonian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The Washington Post layoffs were a bigger bloodbath than you thought. New figures reveal 44 to 47.5 percent of the paper's newsroom was eliminated during last week's cuts.
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If you haven’t gotten it by now: the plan is to turn the entire nation into death camps.
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
If you haven’t gotten it by now: the plan is to turn the entire nation into death camps.
Remember when THE SIMPSONS *wasn't* a documentary?
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Remember when THE SIMPSONS *wasn't* a documentary?
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It's not so much that Elon is an idiot who didn't realize this. It's that he's a conman, and the Mars con had exhausted itself.
But also two other things are going on:
1) A new space race back to the Moon is heating up, and there is likely to be a new batch of government contracting Moon money.
But also two other things are going on:
1) A new space race back to the Moon is heating up, and there is likely to be a new batch of government contracting Moon money.
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
It's not so much that Elon is an idiot who didn't realize this. It's that he's a conman, and the Mars con had exhausted itself.
But also two other things are going on:
1) A new space race back to the Moon is heating up, and there is likely to be a new batch of government contracting Moon money.
But also two other things are going on:
1) A new space race back to the Moon is heating up, and there is likely to be a new batch of government contracting Moon money.
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Study Finds 98% Recidivism Rate Among Americans Who Burn Mouths On Hot Food https://theonion.com/study-finds-98-recidivism-rate-among-americans-who-burn-mouths-on-hot-food/
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Study Finds 98% Recidivism Rate Among Americans Who Burn Mouths On Hot Food https://theonion.com/study-finds-98-recidivism-rate-among-americans-who-burn-mouths-on-hot-food/